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enDoes free software make sense for your enterprise?http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/does_fs_make_sense
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em>“Dude, I can, like, totally do that way cheaper with Linux and stuff.”</em> These were the words of a bearded geek running Linux on his digital watch. As he proceeded to cut and patch alpha code into the Linux kernel running on the production database system, the manager watched on in admiration. Six months later, long after the young hacker decided to move into a commune in the Santa Cruz hills, something broke. Was it really “way” cheaper?</p>
<h1>Nostalgia and first impressions</h1>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-category field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/opinions">Opinions</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">License:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/49">Verbatim only</a></div></div></div>Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:02:28 +0000Tom Jackiewicz1212 at http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.comhttp://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/does_fs_make_sense#commentsBook review: Moving to Linux <i>by Marcel Gagne</i>http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/book_review_move_to_linux
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Moving to Linux, written by Marcel Gagne and published by Addison-Wesley, serves as a practical guide that takes the reader on a step-by-step journey into the world of GNU/Linux. This book is not for the hardcore techie, but for the person who wants to see how the common tasks they now perform in Windows can be done better with GNU/Linux.</p>
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<b>A practical guide that takes the reader on a step-by-step journey into the world of GNU/Linux</b>
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<h1>The contents</h1>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-category field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/reviews">Reviews</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">License:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/49">Verbatim only</a></div></div></div>Thu, 24 Nov 2005 11:09:14 +0000Tom Jackiewicz1281 at http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.comhttp://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/book_review_move_to_linux#commentsWhy do companies outsource?http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/why_outsource
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The crusty old geek with 30 years of experience can’t get a word in as Adam, the 19 year old hot-shot system administrator, tells everyone how to do their jobs. “Your opinion really doesn’t matter, dude, you’re like old”, he says, as he adjusts his Linux World t-shirt. As BrokenToothpicks.Com stock soars to $300 a share and its 24 year old high school dropout CEO lashes out against the “old way of doing things”, Adam just might be right. People start to listen to these new brainiacs and Dot Com Rockstars who can do no wrong. Adam thinks he’s God. How can he not?</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-category field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/opinions">Opinions</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">License:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/49">Verbatim only</a></div></div></div>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 11:17:29 +0000Tom Jackiewicz1334 at http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.comhttp://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/why_outsource#commentsThe importance of LDAPhttp://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/ldap
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>All that you know about Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is wrong. From its inception to perceived usefulness, and ultimately, until the marketing department got a hold of it, LDAP has grown. It started as a useful protocol and a data structuring methodology (known by only a few), and became the latest and greatest way to synergize your <em>action items</em> and find parity with your eMarketing growth plan.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-category field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/hacking">Hacking</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-7 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tagging:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/952">ldap</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/953">openldap</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">License:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/50">GFDL</a></div></div></div>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:00:19 +0000Tom Jackiewicz1135 at http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.comhttp://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/ldap#comments